Message to TDM race designers

[Loser]

Originally posted by Samurai99:
...these fighters are *extremely weak.* I was taking out literally hundreds with just a handfull of dreadnoughts and/or battlecruisers. By contrast, I was losing these same ships to large numbers of United Floral fighters.

I do not have the exact numbers in front of me, but the Fighter Weapons exclusively available to Organic races outdo all other Fighter Weapons but a great deal. They're really incredible and something one must take advantage of if one is playing an Organic race. This is probably the reason for the disparity you noticed.

[edit: oh yeah, and I'd like to add my appreciation for the TDM races to that already expressed by M. 99. TDM, its contents and its creators all rock like a station wagon parked on a metropolitan overlook.]

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[ July 20, 2003, 19:20: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Thantis]

I absolutely love the TDM upgrades & races. They really give me a run my for money on a regular basis.

In my current game, the AI opened up four new warp points into my core systems & proceeded to flood the area with superdreadnoughts. I'm still in the process of containing that little mess.

My only complaint is the poor artwork with the Vikings - I hope that they get upgraded at some point.

[Master Belisarius]

Originally posted by Samurai99:
To Belisarius: It's been my experience the Tessellate do build baseships, but only in limited numbers. They build lots of dreadnoughts (very powerful, very well-designed -- my compliments.)

Thanks for the compliment!
But the Tessellate will build ONLY BA, if first you kill their DN ships!!!!
Yea... the AI doesn't scrap ships to replace old designes (just scrap when believe is out of resources), and then after reach the limit of ships that can build (based on his number of planets) only will build more if first lose ships...

Originally posted by Samurai99:

One other note, I find the mini pictures of Tessellate fighers disorienting: it often looks like they're flying upside down or sideways.

Hehe, maybe it's a tactic to make trouble!
Seriously, I never had this problem... because always play simultaneous (even against the AI).

[ July 18, 2003, 16:08: Message edited by: Master Belisarius ]

[Fyron]

My only complaint is the poor artwork with the Vikings - I hope that they get upgraded at some point.

They are meant to have a hand-drawn look to them.

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Thantis:
My only complaint is the poor artwork with the Vikings - I hope that they get upgraded at some point.

What's wrong with the Vikings? I think it's a nice and original break from those run-of-the-mill 3D shipsets.

[deccan]

Are the Tessellate part of the standard TDM distribution or are they a separate download?

[Fyron]

Weren't they made after the Last Version of TDM was released?